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Santander International Festival is "an important cultural and economic driving force"
according to the study undertaken by the International firm of Accountants Deloitte's for Opera XXI

22/09/11.- The report of the International firm ,Deloitte's on the "economic impact" of the Santander International Festival(FIS) in 2009 reveals that it is "an important cultural and economic for... More information
08/09/11 - The 60th edition of the Santander International Festival attracts 40,352 spectators, 9,000 more than the previous edition
Balance of the 60th edition of the Santander International Festival

The 60th edition of the Santander International Festival was held between 1 and 26 August

With 65 shows in total, 3 fewer t... More information
02/09/11 - A plaque in the Porticada commemorates 60 years of the Santander International Festival which "is among the elite" of European festivals.
The Regional president, Ignacio Diego; the mayor of Santander, Iñigo de la Serna; the directot of the Santander International Festival (FIS), José Luis Ocejo, have uncovered a plaque this Thursday ... More information
26/08/11 - Today 26 August, the closing concert performed by the Symphony Orchestra of New Russia, conducted by Yuri Bashmet









An immensely strong version of pieces by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev closes the festival.

The closing concert of the 60th edition of the Santander International Festival(FIS) this Friday offers an... More information
25/08/11 - Today Thursday 25 August in the Santander International Festival the Symphony Orchestra of New Russia conducted by maestro and viola player Yuri Bashmet
Youth and maturity join forces today 25 August in the Sala Argenta of the Palacio de Festivales at 21.00 in a concert with two exceptional soloists,Jue Wang , a pianist borin in China in 1984,winne... More information
24/08/11 - Today, Wednesday 24 August, the Orchestra of the Grand Theatre.Poznan, premieres the "The Cantabria Symphony" by Edward Rincon in the Sala Argenta of the Palacio de Festivales,at 21.00

At the sametime in the Sala Pereda, Nuria Espert, appears in the 4th and final performance of "The Rape of Lucretia".

The Orchestra of the Grand Theatre, Poznan will perform the Suite on Galician Chants (Premiere in Spain) by Enrique Granados, Tchaikovsky?s Ballet The Nutcracker and the Concerto no3 for Piano and ... More information
24/08/11 - Today 24 August sees the close of the series of events programmed in the Historical Settings of the 60th edition of the Santander International Festival with the Chorus of the Grand Theatre, Poznan in the Concha Espina Theatre , Torrelavega
The Historic Settings programme of the 60th edition of the Santander International Festival closes today Wednesday 24 August with the concert to be given by the Choir of the Grand Theatre, Poznan, ... More information
23/08/11 - Today, Tuesday 23 August Verdi's Opera Choruses in the Sala Argenta, Palacio de Festivales at 21:00. At same time in the Sala Pereda, Nuria Espert with "The Rape of Lucretia"
The Orchestra and Chorus of the Grand Theatre,Poznan, directed by Mieczyslaw Nowakowski will perform some of the best known choruses from Verdi's operas.

The programme in the concert to be given... More information
22/08/11 - The Ballet, Orchestra and Chorus of the Grand Theatre, Poznan bring Joseph Hadyn's "Creation" to the Santander International Festival
The Sala Argenta of the Palacio de Festivales will set the stage today Monday 22 August at 21.00 for the production based on the famous oratory by the Austrian composer, choreographed by the German... More information
22/08/11 - Gregorian chant returns to the Historic Settings of the Festival, today Monday 22 August with the Schola Gregoriana de Cantabria
The Schola Gregoriana de Cantabria, conducted by Lorenzo Lizaso, will offer Monday 22 August at 21.00 in the Church of San Julián and Santa Basilisa, Isla, one concert with Gregorian chant, in its ... More information
21/08/11 - Sanctuary de la Bien Aparecida today 21 August hosts the premiere of Jacobo Durán-Loriga quartet for strings nº 2
Today Sunday 21 August the Historic Settings programme of the 60th Santander International Festival will host the world premiere of the piece by Jacobo Durán-Loriga, Quartet for Strings nº 2, which... More information
21/08/11 - Today Sunday 21 August sees the final performance of the series "The Festival in the street" with the show "Mandrágora"
The Porticada Square today Sunday 21 August hosts the last of the series "Festival in the street" shows at 21.00, with Mandrágora, as part of the 60th edition of the Santander International... More information
20/08/11 - The Rape of Lucretia , with Nuria Espert, today in the Sala Pereda, Palacio de Festivales a 21:00. The Baroque harp of Javier Sáinz, today, Saturday 20 August in the Festival's Historic Settings
The Sala Pereda of the Palacio de Festivales will stage "The Rape of Lucretia" by William Shakespeare this evening at 21.00, starring Nuria Espert.

"The Rape of Lucretia", by W... More information
19/08/11 - Händel's Messiah this Friday in the Sala Argenta, Palacio de Festivales. In the Historic Settings Cinguenza-Novales hosts the second concert of Sefardi music

The Hamburg Elbipolis Baroque Orchestra and the Scleswig-Holstein Festival Choir conducted by Rolf Beck will play "The Messiah" by Georg Friedrich Händel, at 21.00 in the Sala Argenta of th... More information
18/08/11 - Organists Michael Schonheit and J.Javier Gastón and Sefard music feature in the programme for 18 August


The Church of Santa Lucía, Santander will host a concert this evening (Thursday 18 August) at 21.00 given by Michael Schönheit, prestigious soloist with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

Schönhe... More information
17/08/11 - The Festival returns to the streets once more, this Wednesday, with The Eclogue of Plácida and Vitoriano, by Juan del Encina
The show will take place this Wednesday 17 August at 22.00 in the Porticada Square, Santander.

The Eclogue of Placida and Vitoriano (1513), is the last and longest plays by Juan del Encina and t... More information
17/08/11 - The Santander International Festival pays tribute to the figure of Ángel Sanz-Briz with a meeting, an exhibition and two concerts
The meeting, IN MEMORY OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN, which will take place today Wednesday 17 August in the Sala Griega of the Palacio de Festivales at 19.00,will be a tribute in memory of the Spanish diplom... More information
16/08/11 - The Festival returns to the Porticada Square with "El Joven Burlador".
Suances will host the second and final performance by Neopercusión

El Joven Burlador ,based on the "Libertine of Seville" by Tirso de Molina, opens the number of events that will take place this week in The Porticada Square,Santander. The show will take pl... More information
15/08/11 - The Flamenco of Estrella Morente,today, Monday 15 August
Flamenco Singer Estrella Morente appears at 21.00 tonight in the Sala Argenta of the Palacio de Festivales, in a concert in which she covers the different ranges of Flamenco. Estrella will be accom... More information
14/08/11 - ESTRELLA MORENTE'S CONCERT 15 AUGUST IS A SELL OUT
All tickets have been sold for Estrella Morante's concert on 15 August More information
14/08/11 - Music quietened down. Life in rhyme: a dialogue between piano and voice, Spanish musiac and poetry given to us by Ana Belén and Rosa Torres-Pardo.
Sunday 14 August 21.00 in the Sala Argenta of the Palacio de Festivales singer Ana Belén and pianist Rosa Torres-Pardo will present ?Musica Callada.La Vida Rima.? This show is directed by stage dir... More information
14/08/11 - Neopercusión today, 15 August, in Noja
Today MONDAY 15 August at 22:00, percussion group Neopercusión, will offer a concert in the Gardens of the Palacio del Marqués de Albaicín de Noja. The group was founded in 1994 and is composed of... More information
12/08/11 - This weekend's events in the Historic Settings in Treceño, Santillana del Mar, Santuario de la Bien Aparecida and Noja
In the Historic Settings there is a second performance of the "Opera Nights". This will take place on Saturday 13 August at 20.00 in the Palacio de Hualle, Treceño and has a programme dedic... More information
12/08/11 - Saturday 13 August a Gala of Opera in the Sala Argenta, Palacio de Festivales
Soprano Dileta Rizzo Marin and baritone Alessandro Corbelli, will be singing this Saturday 13 August at 21:00 in the Sala Argenta, Palacio de Festivales. They will offer us a Gala of Opera in whi... More information
11/08/11 - Handel and Beethoven, feature in today's events in the Historic Settings programme of the Santander International Festival.
The Palacio de Hualle, Treceño will host the fourth edition of the "Opera nights" ,in an evening of "music,nature and good food",this evening, Friday 12 August at 20.00. The Hualle ... More information
10/08/11 - Hesperion XXI and J.Javier Gastón, today 11 August in the Historic Settings programme of the Festival
The Intercultural Nansa cycle,devoted this year to plainsong,comes to an end this year today Thursday 11 August with the concert to be given by Jordi Savall and his group Hesperion XXI in the Chur... More information
09/08/11 - The American Spiritual Ensemble and Scola Gregoriana Brugensis today in the Santander International Festival
The Negro Spiritual of the American Spiritual Ensemble, this evening , 9 August at 21.00 in the Sala Argenta

Founded by Everett McCorvey in 1995, the Ensemble's members have sung in auditorium... More information
09/08/11 - Music as a bond between East and West, tomorrow in the Sala Pereda of the Palacio de Festivales
Tomorrow ,Wednesday 10 August at 21:00 in the Sala Pereda of the Palacio de Festivales , Jordi Savall on the rebab and bow lyre, and percussionist Dimitri Psonis, will give a recital whose programm... More information
09/08/11 - Music as a bond between East and West, this evening in the Sala Pereda of the Palacio de Festivales
Today ,Wednesday 10 August at 21:00 in the Sala Pereda of the Palacio de Festivales , Jordi Savall on the rebab and bow lyre, and percussionist Dimitri Psonis, will give a recital whose programme i... More information
07/08/11 - Isidro Barrio performs the first of the concerts in the Sala Pereda in the 60th edition of the Santander International Festival this Monday 8 August
The Sala Pereda of the Palacio de Festivales will host, this Monday 8 August at 21.00, a recital to be given by the Spanish pianist Isidro Barrio as part of the Chamber Music and Recitals cycle of ... More information
04/08/11 - The Slav orthodox chant of Divna Ljubojevic and The Melody Studio Choir in the Nansa Valley, and the Peruvian group Alturas, the main features today, Friday 5 August, in the Historic Settings of the Santander International Festival
Today, Friday 5 August, The Church of Santa Maria de Sobrelapeña (Lamasón) will host the concert of Serbian soprano Divna Ljubojevic and Sagrada Melodii Music studio, of which she is the director. ... More information
03/08/11 - The 41st Summer Cycle of Choral and Organ Music begins Thursday 4 August at 19.00 with the concert to be given by organist J. Javier Gastón at the Santuario de la Bien Aparecida.
The 41st Summer Cycle of Choral and Organ Music begins Thursday 4 August at 19.00 with the concert to be given by organist J. Javier Gastón at the Santuario de la Bien Aparecida.

Further concer... More information
02/08/11 - Ensemble Organum and El Maravilloso Retablo de las Maravillas Europeas, Wednesday 3 August in the Historic Settings programme
The French Ensemble Organum will perform a concert on Wednesday 3 August at 20.00 in the Church of Santa Eulalia of Cabanzon (Herrerías) as part of the Intercultural Nansa programme, organized by t... More information
31/07/11 - "Othello" - the opening performance of the Santander International Festival presented at the press conference on Saturday 30th July
Tenor José Cura, soprano Barbara Frittoli, Maestro Mario de Rose, José Luis Ocejo, Director of the festival, Regional Minister for Education, Culture and Sport Miguel Angel de la Serna , City Counc... More information
20/07/11 - 60th Edition Santander International Festival presented
The 60th edition of the Santander International Festival was officially presented yesterday in the Grand Casino in the Sardinero. The ceremony was presided by the President of Cantabria Ignacio Die... More information
19/07/11 - The 60th Santander International Festival will be officially presented this afternoon at the Gran Casino del Sardinero.
The event will take place at 19:30 h chaired by the Prime Minister of Cantabria Ignacio Diego, and the mayor of Santander. Iñigo de la Serna,

This meeting will be attended also by the sponsors o... More information
14/07/11 - Santander International Festival has developed,in conjunction with Sauver Marketing Consulting, an application in order to access all information related to the Festival from mobiles
Esta aplicación se podrá descargar e instalar en el teléfono móvil a través de la página Web del Festival Internacional de Santander, www.festivalsantander.com.
A través de la descarga de dicha a... More information
08/07/11 - Collaboration Agreement signed between Santander International Festival and El Dromedario Coffee
María del Rosario Baqué Delas, Consejera Delegada de Cafés El Dromedario, y José Luis Ocejo, director del Festival Internacional de Santander, han ratificado el convenio de colaboración para el en... More information
01/07/11 - Collaboration Agreement signed between the Santander international festival and HC Energia Cantabria
El martes 28 de junio, se firmó un convenio de colaboración entre el Festival Internacional de Santander y HC Energía Cantabria.

En la firma, estuvo presente el director del Festival Internacio... More information
01/07/11 - THIS SUMMER, GIVE FESTIVAL
The Festival Gift Token. This summer, Give Festival!

The Santander International Festival Gift Token offers you the possibility that if you are unsure what to give your family and friends this s... More information
28/06/11 - HOY MARTES 28 DE JUNIO SE INICIA LA VENTA ANTICIPADA DE LOCALIDADES SUELTAS PARA TODAS LAS ACTUACIONES DE LA 60 EDICIÓN DEL FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE SANTANDER
Hoy martes 28 de junio se inicia la venta anticipada de localidades sueltas para todas las actuaciones de la 60 edición del Festival Internacional de Santander, que tengan lugar tanto en el Palacio... More information
27/06/11 - Gran éxito en el estreno de la Ópera "Ainadamar" en Granada, co-producción de los Festivales de Santander, Granada y la fundación Ópera de Oviedo, que llegará al festival de Santander en Agosto de 2012
Gran éxito en el estreno de la Ópera Ainadamar en Granada, co-producción de los Festivales de Santander, Granada y la fundación Ópera de Oviedo

"Ainadamar", un conmovedor canto a la lib... More information
09/06/11 - José Luis Ocejo dará una conferencia en Bruselas en su primera intervención como Vicepresidente de la Asociación Europea de Festivales
José Luis Ocejo, director del Festival Internacional de Santander y Vicepresidente de la Asociación Europea de Festivales (EFA) asumirá por primera vez las funciones de su nuevo cargo el próximo ma... More information
31/05/11 - THE SALE OF THE COMPLETE FESTIVAL TICKETS STARTS THE 1ST OF JUNE
THE 28TH JUNE WILL START THE ADVANCED PERFORMANCE TICKETS SALE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

On Wednesday June 1 began the sale of the complete festival tickets , which can be purchased until 8 June.

The Cycle Tickets can be purchased on 10 June by members of the Friends of the Festiva... More information
31/05/11 - JULIO MARURI, AUTHOR OF THE POSTER OF THE 60TH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SANTANDER
The Cantabrian poet and painter Julio Maruri, has been chosen this year by the Santander International Festival to create the poster image of its 60th edition, which will begin on August 1.

... More information
24/05/11 - FIRMA DE CONVENIO DE COLABORACIÓB ENTRE EL FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE SANTANDER Y EL IGUALATORIO CANTABRIA
El día 20 de mayo de 2011 se firmó un convenio de colaboración entre el Festival Internacional de Santander y el Igualatorio Cantabria. En la firma, estuvo presente el director del Festival Interna... More information
06/05/11 - LOOKING AHEAD TO THE 60TH SANTANDER INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
The program of the 60 International Festival of Santander is composed of an intense schedule of summer events and festivals that try to elicit the historical weight of our European tradition with f... More information
04/05/11 - José Luis Ocejo elected Vice President of the European Festivals Association (EFA)
José Luis Ocejo, director of the Santander International Festival, has been elected Vice President of the European Festivals Association (EFA) during the General Assembly held this weekend in Varna... More information
20/04/11 - El Festival Internacional de Santander y el Hotel Real firman un convenio de colaboración
José Luis Ocejo, director del Festival Internacional de Santander y Koldo Díaz Pérez, director del Hotel Real, firmaron ayer un convenio de colaboración para el apoyo a las actividades programadas ... More information
06/04/11 - Last 1st and 2nd April, The Hungarofest Nonprofit held in Budapest the European Festivals Association´s annual meeting of national festivals associations and networks (CAMM), representing more than 1,000 theaters of nearly 40 countries.
The main topic of this meeting dealt with the issue of culture as a mean of regional development, with a conference organized by the Hunfgarofest (connected to the programme series of Hungary's EU ... More information
01/02/11 - Today was presented at the Teatro Campoamor the opera Ainadamar, Fountain of tears', a new co-production of the Santander International Festival, International Festival of Music and Dance of Granada and Oviedo Opera,
Today was presented at the Teatro Campoamor the opera Ainadamar, Fountain of tears, a new co-production of the Santander International Festival, International Festival of Music and Dance of Granada... More information